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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2014 10:12pm
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Yes, it's another year of fighting them. Lately I can't even wait a week until I use the tractor to wreck their dams. Don't get me wrong, I like the ponds, it's just they don't know when to stop, flooding over my road to the worry of a wash out. I have tried to shoot some of them, but it's harder than you might think. In about another month their pelts should be prime, then I can get a trapper to come take most of them. I hope.
Owen
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Nirky
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2014 10:20pm
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You can always try pot, they lose the busy drive almost immediately.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2014 10:43am
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Offer them welfare checks and get them lawn chairs- they'll never lift another flipper.
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Austin351
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:35am
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Owen-
If you are looking for a trapper, let me know where (city and state). If it is too far for me, I can find you somebody.
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bugs
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:31pm
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There is a method of inserting a pipe into beaver dams so that you can control the water level. I have seen it done in Algonquin park(?). Similar to this method.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_device
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old243
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:24pm
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Get yourself a couple of 330 conibear traps. They are available from cabela's, You can trap nuisance beavers on your own property. I am in Ontario , used to trap and still kept a few traps.. Also get some beaver scent attractor.from cabelas. If you can get a trapper to look after it that is great. Make sure you find out what age of beaver he has taken out. A pair of beaver mate for life so if you are wanting to weaken or eliminate the colony you have to catch mom or dad. An established colony will have the 2 adults, 3-5 yearlings and 3-5 kits. The yearlings remain in the colony until the spring of the second year . They are then booted out, or leave on their own to search out a mate and establish a new colony. You will quite often see beaver in the spring , in odd spots, in their search for a mate..
There is lots of info available , on trapping. In Ontario conibears cannot be set on land as they will take whatever goes through them, I make my sets underwater, in spots that they are travelling regularly. Put a small log across so they have to dive under. hang your trap , on 2 finishing nails from the log. block the area off with sticks poked in the bottom, on both sides of trap. They will dive under the log and be caught. Put a little beaver scent on a twig in the area of the trap . They will come to investigate . If you catch a couple in a set , I will pull the trap out for a week until they start to use the area again, then reset your trap. Beaver are smart, so don't leave your scent in the area , or you can make them trap shy.
Hope this is interesting and useful, we are presently having problems with beaver plugging our culvert, at our hunt camp , I will have to deal with them, the next time I am there.
old243
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2014 07:59am
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Yes, that's good information. I think they cost me a lot of money yesterday, I hear a bad noise in my front axel on my four wheel drive tractor. If I don't get it fixed quick, they will flood me out again.
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Austin351
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2014 10:07am
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I wouldn't go out and buy 330's unless you have someone show you how to set them. They can and do break bones.......
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old243
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2014 01:59pm
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Owen have your trapper show you how to set them. I use a dead , sound pole about 4 feet long a bit smaller than the rings on the springs, about 2 inch diameter and fairly straight. put it through the two spring circles. extend the springs out to the sides. I use a rope to compress the springs, put a loop on one end that will fit over the toe of your boot. string it through the spring rings, like block and tackle. pull on the rope and the spring will compress . there is a dog that you put over the compressed spring to hold it in place. I wind small diameter wire around the dog so it doesn't slide easily, up and down the springs, and accidently come off. Now spread the springs on the pole, and compress the trap , till you can set the trigger dog on the trigger. If there are a lot of muskrats in the pond set the trigger off to one side a bit, to cut down nuisance catches. I now place a loop of fine wire around the frap jaws to keep them from getting set off until you have it in place . and ready to remove the spring dogs.
As Austin says, they will break bones . NEVER put your hand in a place that the jaws can close on them. I have used this method to take several hundred beaver , over the years. They will work if you get some advice and use them properly. You should also get a good pair of waders. so you can get into deeper water if necessary. Hope this info is useful. old243
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2014 08:16am
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I found a fellow who wants to trap them. He wants to wait a few more weeks until the pelts are prime. I haven't got my tractor fixed yet, so I brought a 12 v winch down with a Danforth style anchor. It works well. It took about a half hour to pull apart their work. That was Wed. When I left I left the anchor in the bottom of the creek, so yesterday I had the anchor under their work. It pulled the whole dam out at once. I'm thinking this might be better than screwing up my tractor.
Owen
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